Ohio Medical Board Clarifies Telemedicine Rules with State Emergency Expiring
Since many of the medical board’s telemedicine rules were halted in early 2020 due to COVID-19, allowing much more leeway in treating patients remotely, OSMA…
Owner and Employee of Assisted Living Facility Each Charged with Neglect of Vulnerable Adult
Maryland Attorney General Brian E. Frosh announced that Dorothy N. Nwaneri, 65, of Bowie and Fatmata Bella Bangs, 61, of Riverdale were charged in the…
NC Senate ‘no patient left behind’ legislation added to House bill
A state House bill has been amended this week in an attempt to move forward bipartisan Senate legislation that would secure visitation for hospital patients…
Pennsylvania Announces Proposed Nursing Home Regulations Focused on Increased Quality of Care
Wolf Administration officials shared proposed nursing home regulations focused on increasing the quality of care received by residents by increasing the minimum direct care hours…
IL Nursing Homes Fined for the Choking Death of a Resident and the Neglect of Others
Three quad-city nursing homes have been cited by the Illinois Department of Public Health and fined a total of $79,400 related to the abuse and…
Blind residents smoking, dirty facility, no meds: TN nursing home facility loses license
A Middle Tennessee assisted living facility has had its license suspended following a multitude of findings which includes allowing a blind resident and others to…
Delaware Nursing Home Lacks Records Needed for State Medicaid Audit
Delaware State Auditor Kathy McGuiness said that her office could not complete an examination of the Jeanne Jugan Residence nursing home because the facility did…
Sex Offender Gets 3-Plus Years in Prison for Wisconsin Nursing Home Assaults
A man who prompted an investigation into a Sauk City nursing home after being charged with sexually assaulting residents there in 2018 was recently sentenced…
Despite End of State of Emergency, DHSS Guidance for Visitation at Delaware’s LTC Facilities Will Continue
With the end of the State of Emergency in Delaware on Tuesday, July 13, the Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS) is affirming that…
Connecticut Health Workers Must Get Fingerprinted or Will Lose Jobs
Healthcare workers across the state who were hired during the pandemic must be terminated if they aren’t fingerprinted for state-mandated background checks before July 20,…